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“I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall” Rakim Tillery Jr 300-817,

Kyle Brown 300 at Shore Lanes
The Billy Hardwick Story NEPTUNE, NJ - Rakim Tillery Jr. Ed Hennelly Memorial League.
By Gianmarc Manzione bowled his third 800 and his first Kyle Brown bowled a 300 on
Re-printed from BOWL.com career 300 posting games of 279- Saturday night in the Saturday
Billy Hardwick had a view from the top of the world charts a while back with a song called 'I'm Always on a 238-300 for an 817 series while night Mixed League.
the day he received the call that tore him to the ground. Mountain When I Fall,'" one Bowling Magazine writer contesting in the Tuesday Night
Competing at the 1969 Japan Cup, where a year ear- put it in 1985. "Billy Hardwick knows the feeling."
lier he set a PBA record that stands to this day when he The loss proved to be too great for Hardwick's mar- Ken Grzelaczyk Blasted 300
averaged 271 for eight games, Hardwick already had riage to overcome. He got married for a second time
won a PBA Player of the Year award and beaten Dick several years later. He and his new wife had a son, At North Levittown Lanes
Weber to win the inaugural Firestone Tournament of Christopher. Then they decided they wouldn't mind LEVITTOWN, NY – Ken 280, Alex Cavagnaro 279-279-
Champions in 1965. having another. Grzelaczyk blasted a 300 perfecto 826, Brian Ziesig 279-279-812,
He would notch another And that's when it hap- then added a near perfect 299 Doc Cummings and Ralph Alois
record in 1969 by winning pened-again. "She got preg- game en route to an impressive 279, Gary Shultis 278, Lea
six titles that season alone, nant again, but she had a 835 set while competing in the Maynor 268, Mindie Schwarz
a feat topped only twice in terrible time. The baby was Thursday Expressway Glass Trios 267, Laura Cestra 256, Gian
the 41 years since, both about seven months along, League at North Levittown Lanes. Pillitteri 253-736, and Theresa
times by Mark Roth (1978 and the doctor said she was Raj Kochar shot 289-814, Todd Castellano 721.
& '79). One of the six hap- over the rough part but Klarikaitis 289, Anthony Pepe
pened to be a win at the wouldn't be able to have
U.S. Open that earned him
the coveted triple crown of
any more kids. Five days
later, the baby comes out
Randy Battistus, Keith Dobres
major tournament titles-
the Firestone, the U.S.
arm first. The baby died
two days later," Hardwick
300 at North Arlington Bowl
Open, and the PBA explained in an interview NO. ARLINGTON, NJ – Randy 268-758, Al-Torre Hooper 287-
National Championship. with Bowlers Journal. Battistus and Keith Dobres each 758, John Adamd 257-756,
All this despite an "At that point, who really blasted a 300 game in the Sunday Anthony Imbriano 266-733, Jay
inability to straighten his gives a damn about bowl- Morning Trios League at North Judowski 290-731, Pete Silva
arms due to rheumatoid ing? People say they under- Arlington Bowl-O-Drome. 265-727, Keith Lawson 2576-726,
arthritis, a doctor's assur- stand, but until you actually Jim Giancarlo missed perfection Frank Buonanno 276-726, Gary
ance that he would be lose two children-including by one pin when he shot a 299 in a Masino 279-714, Pete Honan 268-
"crippled by the age of an infant-there is no way to 750 set. 709, and Anthony Buonanno 279-
28," and a childhood describe what it is like. At Joe Kowalski tossed 280-786, 706.
injury to the ring finger on Ken Carson 269-759, Giles Ward
PBA Photo the time, I was No. 1 in the
his bowling hand that left Billy Hardwick was the youngest bowler to win a world, and I said 'So What?'
it almost totally inflexible. PBA title in 1963. I just didn't care. You just Rich Naclerio 300 at Montvale
"I won my first Bowler check my records after that, By Larry Diebner
of the Year with my index and middle finger," because they're all zeroes."
Hardwick said of the grip for which he became known After turning himself into the PBA's version of the MONTVALE, NJ - Rich Naclerio Larry Diebner 269-739, Tom
as "the boy with the golden claw." human highlight reel in 1969, Hardwick would not win started off the night with a 300 Fojtlin 255-730, Bill Allison 279-
Yes, Hardwick had a view from high above all that in another title on tour for the next seven years, fumbling game to lead all scoring in the 728, Mike Almodovar 268-702,
1969, a view from which names that loomed large at the for some way to outlast his grief as he bowled merely Thursday Nite Early Bird League Chris Arbegast 248-668, Danny
time-Weber, Zahn, Carter-seemed to him no larger than to please the sponsors that paid him to be there. at Montvale Lanes. Jacaruso 220-662, Charles
pedestrians observed from the top of a hundred-story "Being the best bowler in the world was the least Mike Folchi blasted scores of Anderson 268-651, Andy Raab
building. important thing," Hardwick said in 2005, "because I 266-223-264 for a 753 series, 234-650, and Steve Scorzetti
"If Carter and I put our foot up on the approach at the convinced myself that the better I bowled, the more dis-
same time, hey, I got there first. Back up," Hardwick aster I would have to face." Steve Stein Shines at NJ State Torney
said of his attitude in 1963, when he first etched his The ladder Hardwick climbed to reach that view from E. BRUNSWICK, tally an 805 set in
name into the stone of bowling immortality. But the the top may have taken just the length of one terrible NJ - Steve Stein the Doubles event.
person on the other end of the call that sent him scram- phone call to crumble, but it took years to ascend. The bowled back-to- At a special cer-
bling for the next flight home from Japan that day in climb began at Bel Mateo Bowl in San Mateo, Calif., back 800's in the emony Joe
1969 was not Weber or Carter calling to congratulate where he wiped tables at age 16 for $1.65 an hour as he New Jersey State Fabian, President
him for any of these glories. It was not some reporter brooded over dreams of joining the bowling gods he Seniors Tournament of the New Jersey
looking for an interview. No; it was his wife, and the worshipped on TV. posting games of State United
news had nothing to do with bowling. "We had a bed outside, under a little overhang on the 289, 256 and 279 States Bowling
Billy Hardwick's first-born child, seven-month-old patio. I'd tell my parents I wanted to sleep out there. for the high series of Congress Bowling
Billy Jr., was dead. Then, when they'd go to bed, I'd sneak out and go to the 824 while rolling in Association pre-
The infant, by all accounts a perfectly healthy baby, bowling center and stay until 5 o'clock in the morning," the Singles event, sented Stein with
died suddenly in his crib in what was then termed "crib Hardwick revealed in a 1985 interview. and tossed games of his USBC 800
death," more commonly known today as Sudden Infant 227 and 278 around series award.
Death Syndrome (SIDS). See Billy Hardwick Story Page 4 a 300 perfecto to
"Country music entertainer Merle Haggard hit the Steve Stein
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Tom Fojtlin 742

J o a n Ta y l o r ’ s
At Montvale
Te n P i n R a p . . . . By Larry Diebner
MONTVALE, NJ - Tom Fojtlin
Christine Koumaras, Green Town, PA (bowls in Morris County), has blasted scores of 225-237-280 for
no expectations in bowling. She only started ten years ago. In one of her a 742 series to lead all scoring in
leagues she filled in for a bowler with a broken wrist, and that was three the Thursday Nite Early Bird
years ago. She simply enjoys her league bowling. League at Montvale Lanes.
A couple weeks ago in her women’s league, she started the second Carlos Perez bowled 266-722,
game with a strike, and then another and another. “It was all surreal,” she Joe Truchan 246- 702, Mark
said. “Chris (Hastings) was bowling next to me and I remember she got Plowman 251-696, Mike
strikes, too. Then she spared and I kept striking.” As often happens, Almodovar 238-663, Dave Spano
everybody stopped bowling for her last shot and the quiet was discon- 289-659, Lou Domenici 255-654,
certing. “I was very nervous. I felt sick to my stomach. When the last Eric Honor 225-653, Ed
shot was a strike I remember jumping up and screaming.” McAuliffe 235-651, and Frank
No surprise there on her 164 average. “I never dreamed I would roll a Picciotto 232-646.
300.” In another session it was Tom
She will receive a ring from the US Bowling Congress. Fojtlin again taking the lead with
224-257-259 for a 740 followed
by John Rankin tossing 266-702,
Taylor Horniacek is North Arlington Mark Plowman 246-701, Chris
Morciglio 268-701, Mike Pasch
Junior Bowler of the Week 251-695, Dave Spano 245-690,
They said it well---with com-
ments.
"To err is human, to forgive
divine."---POPE (But that's an
excuse few team captains will
accept)
"Training is everything. The
peach was once a bitter almond;
cauliflower is nothing but cab-
bage with a college education. "--
-MARK TWAIN (Ask Billy
Hardwick, Don Johnson and Earl
Anthony, among others, who
were early flops who never gave
"Blood is thicker than
water."---COMMODORE TAT-
TNALL (Except when it misses
easy spares)
"It is the beginning of the
end."---TALLEYRAND (When
you get near impossible splits in
the seventh, eighth and ninth
frames)
"What can't be cured must
be endured."---ENGLISH
PROVERB (Like splits, chops,
misses, and some teammates)

By Vince Albrecht Charles Anderson 242-684,Mike

Folchi 276-683, Jim Rivers 258- up, and went on to become all- "Out of the strain of the
NORTH ARLINGTON, NJ – Junior Bowler of the Week recognition time greats) doing. Into the peace of the
went to 10-year-old Taylor Horniacek who rolled 160-438, her best 672, Chris Arbegast 234-663, and
Eric Honor 257-662. done."---JULIA WOODRUFF
series to date in North Arlington’s Adult-Junior Doubles. Taylor’s strong "You can and you can't, you (For all those who have just com-
finish enabled her 4 T’s Laneside I team to complete a sweep of G-Force will and you won't; you’ll be pleted filling out sanction forms,
and close to within one point of first place. Tim McKenna 731 damned if you do, you’ll be various applications, and entry
The 18 And A Half couple knocked “Those Guys” from the top rung, damned if you don't."---LOREN- blanks)
securing a 5-2 position encounter decision as junior Bobby Manella At Plaza Lanes ZO DOW (What a lane man goes
closed with 171,194 scores; 14-year-old Danny Bivin led “Those Guys” MADISON, NJ –Tim McKenna through all the time) "Our doubts are traitors and
with 175-465. paced the Friday Classic League at make us lose the good we oft
In other position matches, the Cardinals took seven points from the Plaza Lanesfiring a 279 game for a "Things are seldom what might win by fearing to
Bottlecaps to leapfrog into fourth place; 15-year-old Will Blanco posted high series of 731. they seem, Skim milk masquer- attempt."---SHAKESPEARE
202, 183 for the Redbirds. Team Awesome II turned back 4 T’s Laneside Mike Yoboud shot 279, Dorey ades as cream."---W. S. (Heed what Willie says, you can't
II, 5-2 while the Mega Monkeys escaped the cellar with a sweep of the Badolato 268, Russ Kyzima 728, GILBERT (A reminder to read all win a tournament unless you
“A Girls.” Paul Shiel 724, Stephanie Rahn the fine print on all tournament enter)
Over average scores from the junior set included Bobby Manella +40, 243, Ellen Moore 238, and Donna entry blanks)
Taylor Horniacek +38, Danny Bivin +36, Sam Passaro +31 and Kyle Badolato 203. "Curfew must not ring
Sanzo +18. Their older counterparts contributed in grand fashion, led by "Nothing great was ever tonight."---ROSA THORPE (It
Tommy Horniacek 258,246; Tim Bray 232,214; Joe Cauwels 231; Vin
Albrecht 222,211 and Theresa Horniacek 197. Wayne Wallace achieved without enthusiasm.”---
EMERSON (So why do they
can't, there's a birthday party,
moonlight bowling, and a
Hit 277 in OLV keep picking on Pete Weber) marathon all scheduled after mid-
Larry DeAngelo 751 at Parkway By Al Smetana
night)
ELMWOOD PARK, NJ – Larry DeAngelo led all pin attackers with scores "Inconsistency is the only
WAYNE, NJ - Wayne Wallace had
of 246-258-247 for a strong 751 series to lead an active night of high scorers thing in which men are consis- "No man ever yet became
the high game in the OLV
in the Wednesday, Teterboro Bowling League, at Parkway Lanes. tent.”---HORACE SMITH (Add great by imitation."---SAMUEL
Bowling League at T-Bowl II with
Michael Aiellos tossed a 257 in a 703 series followed by Mark Marton almost all bowlers to that list) JOHNSON (So be yourself1 on
a 277-685. Ben Fierro took the
rolling 267-694, Roy Castelein 279-686, Richard DeLorenzo Jr. 290- and off the lanes)
high series honors rolling a 715
666, Scott Koenig 246-645, Joseph Avola 245-642 and Willie Seabrooks "If a man takes no thought
highlighted by a 255 game closely
235-642. about what is distant, he will find "Debate is masculine; con-
followed by Harry Fivehouse 247-
sorrow near at hand."---CONFU- versation is feminine."---
688, Ben Bucaro 255-685, and
CIUS (And he won't be entered in ALCOTT (I guess she never went

Sports Reporter
Dave Munsey 226-662.
that tournament because he didn't to a women's bowling league or
Tom Kaynak and Julius Fulop had
get the entry blank in by the association meeting)
identical 235 games and 656
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The Billy Hardwick Story
Continued from page 1
"And on weekends, it was Friday midnight straight through
6 p.m. on Sunday. You'd bowl all night, load up on No-Doz
and coffee, then catch a few minutes rest with your hand
bleeding, your back sore, and then get back up and grind away
again."
And if Hardwick's victims ever saw through his act - the
smell of a calculated sip of beer on his breath or the speech he
slurred while taking on all comers to
put on the airs of easy prey-Hardwick
always knew who to call.
"Make sure big Lenny was there so
when you go to the parking lot, you
could get to your car. It was great,"
Hardwick said of his former high
school classmate-Phantom Radio's
Len Nicholson. "He's 6-foot-3 and
250 lbs., so I was safe with him
because nobody would mess with
him."
It might be true that nobody messed
with "Big Lenny" in a bowling alley
parking lot, but the guy that nobody
messed with on the lanes was Billy
Hardwick. By 1969, Hardwick would
rake in a single-season's earnings of
$64,160 ($381,659.34 in 2010 dol-
lars). Like any young dreamer, though, Hardwick had lessons
to learn and lumps to take before he found the big time.
"The first year I lost my paycheck every week bowling for
money," Hardwick recalled in 1985. "A friend used to lend me
50 cents a day to get a pack of cigarettes and a cup of coffee."
But it wasn't always just his money Hardwick had to protect
back then-sometimes, it was his life.
Out of money and desperate after blowing his dough on a
carnival game at the San Mateo County Fair, Billy struck up
some talk about bowling with the fair worker that had just
cleaned him out, telling him that he averaged a meager 145.
Hardwick's days of averaging 145 were as far behind him as
his days of getting by on $1.65 an hour by that time. But that
was for Billy to know and for the other guy to find out.
That's how it was supposed to go, at least.
"We agreed to meet at Bel Mateo for some money matches
when the fair closed at 2 a.m.," Hardwick explained years
later. "He walked in the center at exactly 2 a.m., came over to
where I was putting my shoes on and took a .45 from his jack-
et and laid it on the table. He told me, 'I just want to make sure
your average is 145.' I didn't even finish putting my shoes on.
I just got out of there as fast as I could and promised God I
would never hustle again."
Hardwick might have been a hotshot hustler by then, but in
his first year on tour he would learn that the way most hotshot
kids end up on the PBA tour is borrowing money for a trip
back home with egos held together by Band-aids. Billy
Hardwick would need a lot of Band-aids after his first foray
on tour: He went 0-17 and didn't have so much as a dime to
show for his efforts.
Don Carter told him to go home, and go home he did-but
just long enough to raise the money to go back out there and
do it all over again, that is.
"When he got back home, we asked him what he was going
to do," says Nicholson, "and he said 'I'm going to go back out
there next year and beat them all.' We all told him he was
nuts."
And maybe he was. After all, this was the Billy Hardwick
who, as one Bowlers Journal story put it, "throws the ball like
he's falling out of a tree."
Hardwick slid and hopped his way to the foul line like a
doomed plane coming in for an emergency landing, hunching
over at the line to deliver a full roller that spliced his target
like a thread through a needle.
November 10 - 16, 2010
"When they watched me bowl for the first time they wanted phy by the end of the week. He vowed to win in Toledo.
to bowl me for a living," Hardwick recalled of his first days "I had never said anything like that before," Hardwick said
on tour in 1961. "I was the worst they had ever seen." years later. "But I had never wanted to do anything so badly
"He had more ways of getting to the foul line than U.S. Air," before, either. I knew it was my tournament, and that nobody
Nicholson recalls, "but he was accurate as hell." was going to take it away from me."
Today, those who doubted Hardwick in 1962 know that they He was right. Hardwick made the show in Toledo as the No.
were the nuts and he was the star. But in the 1970s, 1 seed and blasted a 236 to take his first title since those long-
Hardwick's star had vanished gone days when he enjoyed that view from the top of the
into the night sky of his despair, world.
and the spectacle was as painful But Hardwick mentioned something else on his way to
to watch as it was to read about. Toledo, too.
"Even the veterans, who saw "I'm going to make the show at the Firestone," he told his
him when he was at the top of wife before boarding the plane. "I don't care if they put sand
his form, thought he was just on the lanes."
marking time, hanging on to They didn't put any sand on the lanes when the Firestone
past glories and hoping for just returned to Akron days after his triumph in Toledo. But what-
one more moment in the spot- ever they did to the lanes that week, it didn't stop Hardwick
light," Jim Dressell wrote in a from doing exactly what he said he would do.
1976 story for Bowlers Journal. Hardwick once again was the top qualifier and opened his
But somebody else remem- title match against 21-year-old Marshall Holman by burying
bered Billy Hardwick "at the top three perfect strikes in a row.
of his form," too-someone by "Three in a row for Billy Hardwick in this final match!"
the name of Billy Hardwick. exclaimed Chris Schenkel, the man after whom Hardwick
Seven years of losing was named his son, Chris Hardwick.
enough to remind Hardwick "It's almost unbelievable, the control and accuracy of
what it felt like to strike out in Hardwick," Bo Burton added. "The three strikes he's gotten so
33 of his first 36 at bats on the Hillside High baseball team in far are perfect, packed strikes."
San Mateo-and to become the team's most valuable player the As Hardwick sat and blew on his sore thumb while Holman
following year. bowled, he leered at the pins from under his brow like an
"I was so obsessed with beating my high school friends that angry gunslinger staring down his enemy in some spaghetti
nothing else mattered," Hardwick recalled years later. "I just western, unsmiling and determined.
couldn't stand having them beat me." "His focus and concentration were unreal," Nicholson says.
It was enough to remind him of his ride back home after that "When he got into that zone, the other guys would recognize
17th week on tour in 1962, it and say, 'Well, I guess we are playing
broke and beaten down-only for second place again this week.'"
to come back the following But the man who became the youngest
season as the PBA Player of bowler to win a PBA title in 1963 would
the Year. fall that day to the man who would
Now he had one more become the youngest bowler to win the
memory to make, one more Firestone in 1976, as Holman edged
dark hole to climb out of just Hardwick by a margin of just five pins,
when everybody else 203-198.
thought he had fallen for And that, as it turned out, was about
good. the last the PBA would see of the boy
"Then in 1976, it finally with the golden claw.
hit me that I had been on the "After the Firestone, it wasn't impor-
verge of being the best tant to me anymore," Hardwick said
bowler of all time, or at least three years later. "Maybe that's why I've
considered for it, and here I always felt that the Firestone was the
was blowing it," Hardwick last tournament I really bowled in. Sure,
said in 1979 I bowled on the '77 winter tour, but it
Winning always was easy was more promotional than anything
for Billy Hardwick. All he else."
ever had to do was decide to do it. Sure, there was work and In the town of Bradenton, Fla., that Hardwick calls home
hassle in the meantime, guns to duck at Bel Mateo, that bed to today, a lot of things no longer seem important. Hardwick has-
leave behind on the family porch for all those endless nights n't thrown a bowling ball in nearly 30 years; that urge he had
of hustling, the thousands of games of practice after that rook- to be the best in the world is eclipsed these days by an urge to
ie season from hell and the doctors who told him not to bother. enjoy life, and he has found in his third wife, Rebecca, a
But no amount of practice could do more to put him over the woman whom he describes as his "best friend."
top than his own raw will to "beat them all." A 2007 Bowlers Journal story found a barefoot Hardwick
"He had unbelievable desire and determination," Nicholson sipping wine at the beach, sporting a suit and bowtie with a
recalls. "It was at a level that the average guy knows nothing medal dangling from his hand that read "Here's To Me, From
about." Me."
Hardwick found losing as unbearable in 1976 as he did all "Peaks and valleys, that is what life is all about," Hardwick
those days he went down swinging at Hillside High; he just said at the time. "I went through a three-and-a-half year period
hadn't yet decided to win again. Then he left to catch a plane when my oldest son and youngest son both died, and I can't
to Toledo to bowl the 1976 PBA Monro-Matic Open at tell you one thing in between the day I turned 30 and the day
Imperial Lanes. For the first time in seven years, he allowed I turned 40. Self-pity was my best friend. Now, I wake up with
himself to feel what it was like to head for the next tour stop a smile on my face."
without the slightest doubt that his name would be on the tro-
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AT STELTON
Mike Bizarro 736
PISCATAWAY, NJ – Mike Bizarro
rolled 204-235-297-736 in the
South Planfield Mix League.
In the Mixed Triples League Jeff
Montgomery hit 240.
Keith Urquhart 722
PISCATAWAY, NJ – Keith
Urquhart paced the scoring in the
Wednesday AT&T League firing
games of 195-279-248 for a high
series of 722.
Abdul Jami hit 268 followed by
Daniel Nagy rolling 265, and
Mark Grossman 258.
Mark Davis 693
PISCATAWAY, NJ – Mark Davis
rolled 242-224-227-693 in the
He’s and She’s League.
6 SPORTS REPORTER November 10 - 16, 2010

Rich Conti, Michael Conti
Win Monmouth County BA Event
Runner-up team Joe Horvath-Jeff Berkowitz, left, Monmouth
County President Bob Hodges, with the winning team Rich and
Michael Conti, and tournament manager Lou Colucci.
HOWELL, NJ - Rich Conti and
Michael Conti took home the win-
ner’s purse of $650.00 in the
eleventh annual Monmouth County
Bowling Association (MCBA)
Over/Under Handicap Doubles
Tournament held at Howell Lanes
on October 17th.
They are the first repeat winners
in the history of this tournament,
having won the title in 2008 when it
was contested at Knob Hill Country
Lanes.
Jeff Berkowitz and Joe Horvath
garnered $ 350 for their second
place finish.
The third place team was Rocco
Mayo and William Clark winning a
prize of $200 followed by fourth
place Vince Cariello and Jordan
Marangelli a purse worth $100 and
Herb Kaufman and Michele
Burstein took fifth place also win-
ning a prize of $100 for their
efforts.
The tournament floored 24 teams
with five teams advancing to the
finals. The top qualifier was Team
Conti with a total gross of 2477 for
the five games, enabling them to
receive two byes and be seeded into
the final match. Berkowitz/Horvath
qualified second and won two semi-
final matches to advance.
Dave Rodriguez 844
At Hi-Tor Lanes
WAYNE, NJ- Dave Rodriguez had
high series rolling an impressive
844 set while contesting in the
Boyz Nite Out Leauge at Hi-Tor
Lanes.
Alex Rodriguez hit 269-720,
Stephen Lee 771, TImotny
McAleese 763, Paul Lupica 286,
and Andrew Peterson 290.
Brian Lash Topped
Ocean Juniors
LAKEWOOD, NJ – Brian Lash
rolled 172, Kamerin Peters 157,
Misty Downs 245, Paige Peters
and Jilian Stuart 142, Heather
Lago 137, Birano Corrie 136,
Patirkc Brown 126, and Katie
Seyr 123 in the Saturday Pin
Hitters League at Ocean Lanes.
In another session Brian Lash
shot 167, Jillian Stuart 150,
Michael Guzman 147, Sean
Sampson 146, Kamerin Peters
136, Katie Seyr 130, Mikayla lane
129, and Patrick Brown and
Heather Lago 123.
Frank Leo 756 at Carolier
NO. BRUNSWICK, NJ- Frank Leo led the scoring in the Middlesex
County Major League at Zone Carolier Lanes firing games of 258-231-
267 for a high series of 756.
Bill Paley hit 279-264-206-749, Rudy Johnson 247-258-238-743, Bill
Bleacher 255-286-730, and Keith Beeh 248-255-202-705.
Nine-year-old Kyle Sanzo Paced
North Arlington Bantams
By Vince Albrecht
North Arlington, NJ 10/01/10 – The three youngest of the Bantam twelve
and under group took center stage this week in North Arlington’s Adult-
Junior doubles action, leading their respective teams to victory. Nine-year-
old Kyle Sanzo’s 160 was the evening’s highest over average score as G-
Force took three games from Awesome II.
The league’s youngest bowler, eight-year-old Tara Horniacek, came
through with an eye-opening 151 to lead 4 T’s Laneside #2 to a sweep of
the “A Girls” while her ten-year-old sister Taylor sparkled with three over
average games, topping out at 163 as her 4 T’s Laneside #1 duo scooted
past the Bottlecaps, 5-2.
Among the older juniors, sixteen-year-old Bobby Manella finished
strong with 164-196 as 18 And A Half held onto first place, turning back
the Mega Monkeys, 5-2 despite three better than average games from thir-
teen-year-old Sam Passaro. “Those Guys” jumped into a share of the top
by snatching all seven points from the G & G entry as fourteen-year-old
Danny Bivin rolled 175-456. The Cardinals were benefited by fifteen-
year-old Will Blanco’s 217-581 in taking four points from the Unknowns.
Youth above average marks included: were: Kyle Sanzo +63, Tara
Horniacek +54, Bobby Manella +50, Taylor Horniacek +42, Danny Bivin
+38, Sam Passaro +25, Chris McBride +11 and Will Blanco +10.
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Brian Ziesig, Ken Savarese Win LIGBT Titles

EAST MEADOW, NY: Winning finish to its qualifying with a hus- Savarese a LIGBT regular shot
his second scratch LIGBT title and band and wife finishing first and a 182 scratch, 236 with handicap,
the $1,000 top prize was Brian second; Pat and Christine Loliscio to secure the $500 top prize and
Ziesig of Levittown, NY. Earning of Stony Brook, NY took the top 2 his first title. Finishing second was
his first handicap trophy, and its qualifying positions with a 720 Damon Gizzi of St. James, NY
$500 top prize, was Ken Savarese and 713 respectively. To make the with a 207 worth $300 and third
of W. Hempstead, NY. Amazingly, handicap finals it took a 683 series place went to Pat Loliscio who
both champions barely made the and that spot was amazingly taken rolled a 200 and took home $200.
finals as they were the cut score. by the eventual champion Ken
The scratch event was a four Savarese.
game qualifier bowled on the PBA
Chameleon Pattern and Joe
Costanzo, Bethpage, NY dominat-
ed the field in qualifying by aver-
aging 252. But to make the finals
it only took a 220 average. Andy
Ippolito of Forest Hills, NY was
the senior leader with an 811
series.
The finals saw Amanda Beck,
Patchogue, NY, a top women
bowler, Anthony Pepe, Queens,
NY, one of the best lefties on the
east coast, Brian Ziesig a PBA
Champion, and Joe Costanzo a
highly rated Long Island bowler.
In the final shootout Brian Ziesig
had an early 20 pin lead and never
relinquished it. When the dust set-
tled Ziesig won his second LIGBT
title with a 242 game and second
place went to Pepe who earned
$500 for his 214 game. Costanzo
took home third with a 211 and
earned $300 while Amanda Beck
earned $200 for her fourth place
finish posting a 169 game.
The handicap event had a unique
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THE MAGIC AT MAJESTIC
Sean Williams 766
HOPELAWN, NJ - Sean Williams
topped the Sunday Nite Mixed
League tossing 267-222-277 for a
high 766 set.
Elio Carrasco hit 231-211-215-
657, John Delgado 257-624, and
Carole Lopez 208.
Wayne Bebert 733
HOPELAWN, NJ – Wayne Bebert
led the scoring in the Avenel Youth
League firing games of 223-231-
279 for a high series of 733.
Jason Ciszewski hit 223-211-211-
645, and Channel Newton 218.
In the Friends & Family League
Mike Conte hit 266-232-226-724.
Krista Cutler 731
HOPELAWN, NJ - Krista Cutler
topped the scoring in the Atlantic
City Trios League firing games of
244-255 for a high series of 731.
John Leo shot 221-235-210-666,
Ralph Doerfler 204-205-228-637,
and Mike Vicidomini 236-213-
626.
John Syslo 677
HOPELAWN, NJ – In the
Thursday Mixed Nuts League
John Syslo shot 225-263-677,
Mike Kennelly 226, Steve Baum
223, and Barbara Aker 183.
Dorien Soto 718
HOPELAWN, NJ- Dorien Soto
topped the scoring in the Thursday
Nite Mixed League pitching 213-
278-227 for a 718 top seeries.
Andrew Smith shot 234-246-227-
707, Scott Akalewicz 202-215-
233-650.
John Baginsky 695
HOPELAWN, NJ- John Baginsky
led the scoring in the Gemini
Towing League firing games of
267-257-171 for a high series of
695.
Bob Stevens hit 234-255-219-
678, Joe Herber 222-227-214-663,
Vinny Medvetz 206-234-635, and
Jennifer Caval 236.
In the Monday Madness League
Nick Viverito shot 236-213-647,
Dan DeBenedetto 201-212-234-
647, and Ray Mangels 203-204-
205-612.
Richard Rowley 693
HOPELAWN, NJ- Richard
Rowley led the Garden State
Mixed League tossing 253-237-
203 for a high series of 693.
Michael Ramer rolled 203-219-
263-685, Elio Carrasco 248-227-
667, Kenny Joback 253-236-666,
and Larry Clement 257-215-646.
Linda Shafer 684
HOPELAWN, NJ – Linda Shafer
topped the scoring in the His &
Hers League firing 247-238 for a
high series of 684.
Shelly Jacques shot 246-229-
667, Bonnie DeSimone 215-201-
235-651, and Michael Holoka
263-631.
John Baginsky 681
HOPELAWN, NJ- John Baginsky
led the scoring in the Knights of
Columbus League firing games of
233-233-215 for a high series of
681.
Mark Makwinski shot 205-236-
212-653, Jeff Nemeth 216-219-
213-648, and Joe Geis 245-210-
633.
Nick Guarneri 674
HOPELAWN, NJ – Nick Guarneri
led the scoring in the Friday Nite
Mixed League firing games of
209-275 for a high series of 674.
Gary McGinness shot 239-243-
664, Eric Haltli 243-228-664,
Richard Funk III 248-214-651,
and Glenn Aiello 241-201-639.
In the Merck League Gregg Farley
hit 200-216-246-662, Jake Stocki
220, and Jeff Roberts 216.
ROCKAWAY ROLLERS
Jim Testa 727
ROCKAWAY, NJ – Jim Testa led
the scoring in the Mixed League
firing games of 279-212-236 for a
high series of 727.
Doug Cattan hit 247-227-246-
720, Don Zeiler 231-202-223-656,
and Keri May 268-227-200-695.
Ken Yokobosky 716
ROCKAWAY, NJ – Ken
Yokobosky led the scoring in the
Dave Valerius Trios League firing
games of 267-214-235 for a high
series of 716.
Tyrone Waal shot 255-228-660,
and Scott Van Syckle 233-233-660.
Heriberto Matias shot 226, and
Lupe Zaragoza 222 in the Spanish
American League.
Mike Dean shot 216 in the Holy
Rollers League.
Bill Ratliff 679
ROCKAWAY, NJ – Bill Ratliff led
the County Tuesday Night Mixed
League firing games of 235-232-
212 for a high series of 679.
Charles Wilfong shot 256-205-
218-679, Danny Nykyforuk 227-
211-226-664, and Keith Garrison
256.
Ed Pico shot 244, Frank Asbaty
242, Bill Booth 236, Mike Patruno
233, and Joe Kentos 231 in the
Tuesday Night Mixed League.
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Jeffrey Thomas 679
ROCKAWAY, NJ – Jeffrey
Thomas led the scoring in the
Foursome League firing games of
248-238 for a high series of 679.
George Dakak, Jr. shot 237-212-
210-659, Travis Komar 265, Ryan
O’Neil 241, and Tina Richardson
207.
Ken Yokobosky 669
ROCKAWAY, NJ – Ken
Yokobosky led the scoring in the
PBA Experience League firing
games of 237-212-220 for a high
series of 669, and Noel Vega shot
212-607.
In the NorBu Lodge League John
Hearn shot 236, Charles Wright
234, and Larry Banghart 232.
In the Fri. Tri Mixed League Keri
May shot 227, and Geno McCroy
210.
John Finno 668
ROCKAWAY, NJ – John Finno
paced the scoring in the Lake
Hiawatha A.C. League firing
games of 277-221 for a high series
of 668.
Sam Sapio shot 255-200-207-
662, Walt Lampmann 244-227-
661.
In the Thursday Nite Mixed
League Andrew Monka shot 244-
215-653.